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'Dead quiet' few weeks will benefit issuers as excess bonds need absorption before issuance starts to ‘fire on all cylinders’ from August 17
Supplying a ‘diversity of instruments’ is important for sovereign to meet needs of different investors, says DMO chief
◆ First of two planned linker syndications for 2026-7 executed swiftly ◆ Earlier book open, quick three hour execution to limit risk ◆ £93bn of Gilts issued off year's £246bn programme since April 1
Sovereign issuer overcomes challenges to revive public dollar presence after half a decade’s silence
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Spain shaved around 30bp from its long end borrowing costs on Thursday — just a few hours before its yields jumped after the European Central Bank disappointed market participants expecting a strong dose of monetary easing. -
The Province of British Columbia (BC) has mandated Bank of China and HSBC as joint leads for its debut Panda bond, Michael de Jong, BC’s Minister of Finance, told GlobalRMB. The deal is expected to launch in January and will be the first Panda from a sovereign credit.
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The UK Debt Management Office has raised £8bn in two days this week after a £3.75bn auction of its 1.5% Gilt maturing 2021. KfW was also in the market as other currencies lay dormant ahead of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.
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All eyes are on the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday where it is widely anticipated that its president, Mario Draghi will announce an extension to quantitative easing.
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The Republic of Indonesia has gone against its normal strategy of raising conventional dollar bonds at the start of the year by issuing a massive $3.5bn dual-tranche offering on December 1. It broke with its policy for the first time in years in a bid to lock in low rates ahead of this month’s expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
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The UK printed a tap of its 0.125% index-linked gilt maturing March 2046 at the tightest spread to the benchmark since it was launched.
